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6 January 2014

'East Meets West', a concert featuring Japanese musicians and tunes, at St Martin in the Fields on 7 January 2014

At 7:30pm on Tuesday 7 January 2014 The Concordia Foundation, Gillian Humphreys present East Meets West: Beyond the Horizon at St Martin in the Fields. Satoko Fukuda, creative director with the Concordia International Ensemble, dancers and musicians, including shamisen player Hibiki Ichikawa who has played at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, will play a variety of music including Japanese folk songs, Vivaldi, Piazzolla, Vaughan Williams and Roxanna Panufnik.

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20 November 2013

Midori Komachi violin recital in Tokyo on 6 December 2013

On 6th December, Japanese violinist Midori Komachi will give a recital at Tokyo Opera City Hall, with a programme including works by British and Japanese composers – Elgar, Britten, Holst, Delius and Hosokawa. The London-based violinist has performed the works of British composers to critical acclaim, receiving the Delius Society Award in January 2013.

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13 November 2013

Fundraising Concert on Sunday 17 November at 3pm in Oxford

On Sunday 17th November at 3pm, at the Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St Hilda’s College, Oxford there will be a concert to raise money for the Japanese earthquake victims.

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23 July 2013

Fundraising concert in Battersea, 31 July from 7pm

The Rotary Club of Battersea Park will be hosting an evening of Japanese and European music at St Mary’s Church, Church Road, Battersea SW11 3NA on Wednesday 31 July from 7pm. This will be a fundraising concert for Shelter Box (www.shelterbox.org), which was particularly active at the time of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

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23 May 2013

East Asian Fusion concert-'Pochagi' at Royal Asiatic Society June 6

Hibiki Ichikawa, an incredible Tsugaru Shamisen player who has performed twice at the Daiwa Foundation twice, will be joined by other Asian musicians for a one off performance on June 6 at 7pm. Pochagi is a celebration of East Asian music from Japan, Korea & China. The concert is presented by Yin Yang Collective, London’s East-West collaborative band

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11 February 2013

Review of 'Total Immersion: Sounds from Japan' by Orlando Byron

Total Immersion: Sounds from Japan was a series of concerts at the Barbican on February 2nd. Instead of focusing on one composer as they have done previously, they focused on one country. There were a number of concerts and films celebrating both traditional and modern classical music from Japan. The largest of the events on

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22 January 2013

Total Immersion: Sounds from Japan - a Day of Japanese Music on Saturday 2 February at the Barbican

The BBC Symphony Orchestra is presenting a day of Japanese music on Saturday 2 February at the Barbican in London – Total Immersion: Sounds from Japan. This is part of a long-running series of Total Immersion days. These days usually celebrate the music of a single composer. They are branching out this year and looking at music

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26 January 2012

'Reflections on Debussy' festival curated by Noriko Ogawa, January to June 2012

The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is delighted to be supporting Reflections on Debussy at The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, curated by pianist Noriko Ogawa in order to celebrate Debussy’s 150th anniversary and his connections with Japan, January to June 2012.

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